Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones.

Chapter 343 Then let's go to war!

Along with the return of their own detection data, the second message from the Purple Moon Civilization also arrived.

The tone in this message is much less polite.

"Respected alien civilization, since you have the ability to conduct deep space voyages, you should know the rules of interaction between unfamiliar civilizations."

Ignoring our warnings, you forcibly entered our star system. Do you intend to start a war with us?
We are a peace-loving civilization, but we will never be afraid of external aggression.

We urge you to immediately pull back from the brink, stop slowing down, and leave this star system!

Faced with such a powerful civilization and such a stern warning, Li Qingsong felt no fear whatsoever, but rather a strong fighting spirit.

"Respected Purple Moon Civilization, we are the Blueprintk Civilization from the 'Blueprint Starfield'."

I have heard that your civilization contains some prisoners of war from human civilizations. And for certain reasons, these prisoners of war are extremely important to us.

We hope that you will hand over these prisoners to us. Although our technology is somewhat inferior to yours, we believe that we possess many unique technologies that you may not even have mastered.

In return, we can provide you with a list for your consideration.

Our entry into this star system is not out of hostility towards you, nor is it an attempt to start a war; we simply wish to make a deal with you.

We sincerely hope to reach an agreement with you. May peace prevail forever.

After learning from the Recorder Civilization that those human compatriots who had become prisoners of the Purple Moon Civilization for unknown reasons were in a bad situation within the Purple Moon Civilization and were suspected of being treated as pets or animals, the Purple Moon Civilization was added to Li Qingsong's kill list.

Moreover, there was the promise he had made to avenge the victims of the electric disaster.

A great war is inevitable between myself and this Purple Moon civilization.

However, the Purple Moon Civilization is currently unaware of its hostility. Therefore, it might be best to bring our compatriots back first, and then settle accounts with the Purple Moon Civilization later. If a real war breaks out, it would be troublesome if the Purple Moon Civilization killed our compatriots in revenge.

Li Qingsong never hesitated to use deception and other means when dealing with enemies.

At this moment, Li Qingsong directly revealed the other party's real name, bluntly exposing their disguise.

This is both a demonstration of strength and an indication that our arrival was not a chance encounter, but rather a result of our long-standing interest in you, indirectly showcasing our determination to capture those human prisoners.

The Purple Moon Civilization responded after some time.

"It seems your arrival this time was not accidental... you actually knew our real name in advance."

How did you learn our name? How did you know that there were human prisoners of war in our fleet? What do these human prisoners mean to you?

Seeing that Li Qingsong had already obtained their intelligence, Ziyue Civilization did not deny it and directly admitted it.

Li Qingsong breathed a sigh of relief, a surge of excitement rising within him.

Thousands of years have passed... At this moment, I have finally found my fellow human beings.

"I'm sorry, I'm not in a position to answer these questions."

We have come here solely to conduct this transaction with you.

The human captives are now under our control, and you may choose from our unique technologies; the specific quantity and type can be negotiated. After the transaction is completed, we will each embark on our own journeys into the vast universe. Perhaps we will meet again someday. How does that sound?

Li Qingsong was fairly confident that he could obtain the consent of the Purple Moon Civilization.

The reason is simple: what value can intelligent life forms, which are treated as pets or rare animals, have to the Purple Moon Civilization?
It would be more worthwhile to trade it as a bargaining chip in exchange for some unique technology. If we refuse the trade, given the other party's determined attitude, war might really break out.

Nobody wants to be forced into a fight for no reason.

But Li Qingsong received a very unexpected result.

"We are also sorry, but these human prisoners are of great value to us as well, and we refuse to trade with them."

We urge you to leave this star system immediately and not to approach it further. Otherwise, in order to safeguard the safety of our civilization, we will have no choice but to take a series of necessary measures.

Li Qingsong frowned slightly.

This is unreasonable!

Why did the Purple Moon Civilization refuse to trade?

What do these human prisoners mean to them that would make them risk starting a war and suffering losses—even though on paper the Purple Moon civilization's technology is superior to their own, they would still suffer significant losses in the event of war—to refuse their help?
From any perspective, these human prisoners did not seem to possess such high value.

unless……

These human captives also involve certain factors that they are not yet aware of.

Recalling the strange disappearance of human civilization and the erasure of almost all traces, as well as the inexplicable appearance of these human prisoners in the Purple Moon Civilization's fleet, Li Qingsong immediately concluded that the reason why the Purple Moon Civilization refused to trade these human prisoners with him was almost certainly related to the disappearance of human civilization!

Realizing this, the value of the Purple Moon Civilization in Li Qingsong's eyes rose sharply once again.

No matter the cost, I must obtain these human prisoners and this intelligence.

If negotiations fail to achieve our goals, then let's wage war!
"If that's the case, then... war!"

"Your stubbornness is beyond our control. Fortunately, we are quite interested in a near-peak nuclear civilization. If we could acquire your unique technologies, our chances of breaking through to the gravity stage would be much higher..."

After a brief exchange, the arrival of war was already inevitable.

Faced with this unprecedentedly powerful civilization, Li Qingsong felt an unprecedented sense of solemnity.

Numerous probes were launched from within the galaxy to probe Li Qingsong's fleet. Li Qingsong also launched a large number of probes into the galaxy.

In the almost unnoticed darkness of space, reconnaissance, counter-reconnaissance, espionage, counter-espionage, sabotage, counter-sabotage—a series of extremely covert, yet far more brutal, battles unfolded continuously.

Time passed quietly in these small-scale skirmishes, and eventually, Li Qingsong's fleet docked at a relatively large dwarf planet.

This dwarf planet is about 150 billion kilometers away from H11 Piscis Austrinus, and about 40 billion kilometers away from the outermost large planet.

Both sides have deployed a large number of spy satellites and probes throughout the galaxy, with the total number estimated to exceed one billion, making the movements of both fleets readily apparent.

(End of this chapter)